MENA, Pedro de
(b. 1628, Granada, d. 1688, Málaga)

Infant Christ

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Polychromed wood, height 68 cm (overall)
Private collection

This figure, set with glass eyes, with a later silver staff, on a gilt wood base, belongs to a small group of works de Mena carved in Granada during his first years as an independent sculptor. In this period, the influence of artist's master, Alonso Cano, is still apparent.